May 26

Feasts

ApostlesCarpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy (1st c.);
Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus (1st c.);
Martyr Julius, Roman soldier, by beheading, at Dorostolum in Mysia (Asia Minor) (302);
Saint Synesius, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, Wonderworker (ca.5th c.);
Venerable John of Psichaita the Confessor, of Constantinople (ca.825) (see also May 7 - Greek);
Hieromartyr Zacharias, Bishop of Vienne, suffered under Trajan (106);
Hieromartyr Simitrius priest, and 22 other martyrs, who suffered under Antoninus Pius, at Rome (159);
Saint Eleutherius of Rome, Pope of Rome (189);
Saints Fugatius (Fagan) and Damian (Deruvianus, Dyfan), sent by Pope Eleutherius to England to preach the Gospel (2nd c.);
Martyr Priscus, a Roman legionary officer, and a great multitude of other Christians of Besançon, near Auxerre (272);
Martyrs Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus, at Todi in Umbria (303);
Martyr Quadratus, a martyr in North Africa;
Saint Bécán, a hermit near Cork in Ireland in the time of St Columba; founder of Kilbeggan, Westmeath, worked in a monastery there (6th c.);
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (605);
Saint Oduvald, a noble who became a monk and later Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (698);
Saint Regintrudis, fourth Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg in Austria;
Saint Guinizo, born in Spain, became a monk at Montecassino in Italy (ca.1050);
New Martyr George of Sofia (George the New, George the Serbian) (1515);
New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, the former Dervish, beheaded at Smyrna (1794);
Saint Innocent, Bishop of Cherson (1857) (see also May 25 - Greek);
New Hieromartyrs Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic, of Drvar, Serbia (1941-1945);
Other Commemorations:
Translation of the relics of Saint Bertilla (692), Abbess of Chelles Abbey;
Uncovering of the relics (1521) of Venerable Macarius, Abbot of Kolyazin (1483);
Translation of the relics (1534) of New Martyr George of Kratovo and Sofia (1515);
The Icon of the Mother of God of Seligersk-Vladimir (16th c.).